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I was going to say, I dropped $350 on a MM Superstack…

Op amps…a couple of metal can Burr Brown OPA21XX ~$40ea, some $60-$70ea MUSES.
A few vintage diodes and several nice “wall-hanger” Ge transistors, some of which have been generously gifted to me by other members.
FXCores, FV-1s,THAT43021 & 05, and Daisyseeds.

🤷‍♂️

Edit: I don’t talk about the “Reticon Affair”.
 
My kids and grandson got together and bought the old man a noisemaker…I may have dropped a hint. It is made by the One Man Band Drum Co. right here in the Blue Ridge mtns of NC. It‘s a 1964 American Tourister Tiara, complete with pedal tabs, skull bottle opener, rear port, a 1964 NH plate, and tambourine. Ludwig pedal sold separately. :ROFLMAO:
I’ve got it dampened pretty well, but still need to tighten the tone a bit. I’ll need a brush pedal for the chachinger.
Now I can curse the drummer with impunity…or can I?

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Forgot to mention, my daughter is loaning me her cajon, so maybe some improv percussion tracks?
 
Big Monk said:
I see my favorite transistor of all time! Flat hats for the win!

FYI, these are sold out forever over at SBE. I have a very small stash left but when they’re gone they’re gone!
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Good buy. These spec’d out @

Q1: 68 hfe / .023mA leakage
Q2: 75 hfe / .031mA leakage
Q3: .78 hfe / .038mA leakage [ Q3C biased to 4.51VDC ]

It’s a very LOUD and FUZZY circuit, so yay. :)

Here’s a snap from the scope; The settings are VOL @ ~2 & FUZZ dimed. I’m running a 200Hz sine @ 200mVpp.

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Big Monk said:
You should try bumping that up before you box it to see how you like it.

Collector voltages for Q1 and Q3 are typically > 7.8 vDC for the MK II.
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I’ll give that a go. It started a bit higher, but I automatically aimed for 1/2 Vcc without checking any docs…🤷‍♂️ I use a cheap resistor decade tool to dial in. It sounds pretty gravy as-is, so I’m ready to be wowed.
 
Big Monk said:
You should try bumping that up before you box it to see how you like it.

Collector voltages for Q1 and Q3 are typically > 7.8 vDC for the MK II.
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I landed on @ ~6vDC which sounded to be a sweet spot, so a 1.5vDC increase. It really opened up the pedal. Thanks Derek!
 
I'm glad you asked!
So, I'm using this JMK Paralyzer to set up the SCHMORG as 2 parallel loops of effects that I can blend together, or roll back-and-forth between during songs:

https://forum.pedalpcb.com/threads/jmk-paralyzer-for-my-schmorg.12003/

It's working great, but I want a way to get all of my effects back into series (sometimes.)
After an hour of sketching, I learned that I'm not clever enough to build this little dream of mine with any less than a 6PDT.
After another half-hour of asking the internet, "Do 6PDT's even exist??" I found this monster on Digi-Key^.

Anyhow, I'm going to build another JMK Paralyzer with the parallel/series function.

Like a dummy, I didn't even check the measurements..
It's going to fit under a 125B plate, but just barely.
 
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dawson said:
I'm glad you asked!
So, I'm using this JMK Paralyzer to set up the SCHMORG as 2 parallel loops of effects that I can blend together, or roll back-and-forth between during songs:

https://forum.pedalpcb.com/threads/jmk-paralyzer-for-my-schmorg.12003/

It's working great, but I want a way to get all of my effects back into series (sometimes.)
After an hour of sketching, I learned that I'm not clever enough to build this little dream of mine with any less than a 6PDT.
After another half-hour of asking the internet, "Do 6PDT's even exist??" I found this monster on Digi-Key^.

Like a dummy, I didn't even check the measurements..
It's going to fit under a 125B plate, but just barely.
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Oh I definitely want to see that when you get it together sir. :love:
 
dawson said:
After another half-hour of asking the internet, "Do 6PDT's even exist??" I found this monster on Digi-Key^.
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Should've just asked me. 😸

I did that search, too, for a project and was elated to find that monster — then I was deflated by the price!
Your search skills are so much better, I remember looking for hours if not days — you found it in a half-hour!
I still haven't picked one up, yet. Will have to once the project rises to the top of the queue. Y


I wanted to be able to switch between 2 settings of an LPF, but would require Dual-Gang pots making that difficult — 6PDT would be an expen$ive $olution with lots of Off-board wiring. Same deal with an EQ I wanted to have two settings for — danged dual-gangs!

Then I wanted to switch out control on a PLL for Glide & Sub-root via the 6PDT switch redirecting either of the controls to a footswitch on/off...


6PDT-SCHMORG! 😻


So many uses, I keep finding them — more people should use these 6PDTs, then maybe the price would come down.
 
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dawson said:
I'm glad you asked!
So, I'm using this JMK Paralyzer to set up the SCHMORG as 2 parallel loops of effects that I can blend together, or roll back-and-forth between during songs:

https://forum.pedalpcb.com/threads/jmk-paralyzer-for-my-schmorg.12003/

It's working great, but I want a way to get all of my effects back into series (sometimes.)
After an hour of sketching, I learned that I'm not clever enough to build this little dream of mine with any less than a 6PDT.
After another half-hour of asking the internet, "Do 6PDT's even exist??" I found this monster on Digi-Key^.

Anyhow, I'm going to build another JMK Paralyzer with the parallel/series function.

Like a dummy, I didn't even check the measurements..
It's going to fit under a 125B plate, but just barely.
Click to expand...
You are a crazy SOB and I love you for it…🤣
 
Feral Feline said:
Should've just asked me. 😸

I did that search, too, for a project and was elated to find that monster — then I was deflated by the price!
our search skills are so much better, I remember looking for hours if not days — you found it in a half-hour!
I still haven't picked one up, yet. Will have to once the project rises to the top of the queue. Y


I wanted to be able to switch between 2 settings of an LPF, but would require Dual-Gang pots making that difficult — 6PDT would be an expen$ive $olution with lots of Off-board wiring. Same deal with an EQ I wanted to have two settings for — danged dual-gangs!

Then I wanted to switch out control on a PLL for Glide & Sub-root via the 6PDT switch redirecting either of the controls to a footswitch on/off...


6PDT-SCHMORG! 😻


So many uses, I keep finding them — more people should use these 6PDTs, then maybe the price would come down.
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If they came in smaller sizes then I’d definitely be all over them. As it stands, I have some 6pdt and 8pm to functions I’d like to execute in some of my designs that will probably need me to dive deep into the world of microcontrollers and mini-relays instead
 
Feral Feline said:
I'm going to buy a bunch of Telecaster replica Top-hat Switch tips and crazy glue them to some 2N3904 transistors — then sell them on eekbay (with full-disclosure, I'm no snake-oil salesman).
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You should offer them separately as an aftermarket "upgrade" kit. :ROFLMAO:

Surely just the thermal insulation alone has to improve the tone of any circuit they're used in by approximately 11.1111117%.
 
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